Daniele Chiesa of Competa in southern Spain

Year:

2013

Body:

East Indian rosewood - quarter-sawn, with very appealing colour graduations and silky texture. The back has no decorative centre-strip and is framed with light purflings and dark rosewood bindings, drawing your eye to the grain character of the wood.

Front:

Canadian cedar with even grain width, attractive geometric rosette and rosewood bridge with bone-framed tie-block.

Tuners:

Gotoh with Hauser-shaped, engraved side-plates and black buttons mounted on an ebony-faced head.

Scale:

65cm with 19 frets on an ebony fingerboard

Neck Width:

52mm at the nut with 43 mm string spacing.

Weight:

1520 grams

Condition:

New and pristine.
All shellac french-polished.

Comments:

These Chiesa guitars are truly beautiful-looking instruments - from this maker who has gained a much-deserved reputation for fine quality of craftsmanship and for sound.
This cedar instrument has immediately impressive strength and projection with a noticeably open and singing treble and rich sound throughout. Outstanding value from a talented maker in ascendancy. Prices are rising as his reputation spreads around the globe.

"The close relationship Miles Roberts has with us, the makers, results in producing some quite special and unique instruments that we otherwise would not have made.
Knowing more about music than the average maker, and understanding our trade better than most guitarists, Miles is the perfect bridge between the two.
I am proud to have my instruments promoted and sold by Kent Guitar Classics.
Lo stretto rapporto che Miles ha con noi liutai ci permette di realizzare strumenti speciali che probabilmente non faremmo altrimenti.
Con una migliore conoscenza della musica che molti liutai e della liuteria che molti chitarristi, Miles è il perfetto mediatore tra i due.
Sono molto contento che i miei strumenti siano offerti da Kent Guitar Classics."